The tradition of coal mining is crucial to the economy and people of Appalachia, but hundreds of miles of mining land have shut down over the years. That’s why one project is giving a former Mingo ...

A WARN notice was filed with WorkForce West Virginia on Tuesday for a “mass layoff” at Itmann Mining Company LP, the third in ...

Roberts grew up in Cabin Creek, West Virginia, learning his family’s stories of the 1920s mine wars in the Mountain State. The UMWA says both of Roberts’ grandfathers died in coal mines.

Gushing waterfalls race over moss-covered rocks; forested trails lead to abandoned coal mines ... stayed in a cabin at Adventures on the Gorge, which is located in Lansing, West Virginia.

and more than 40 coal mining towns lined New River Gorge. The road tour is eight miles long and takes about 45 minutes to complete. Download an audio tour of the route. Previous articleBigfoot ...

Core Natural Resources will idle operations at its Itmann mine in West Virginia in August, citing weaker than expected market ...

Surrounded by Prescott National Forest on the headwaters of Cherry Creek ... his mine. Mining operations declined by the 1940s. The area remained popular, with many of the miner’s cabins ...

Republicans have blamed environmental regulations enacted during the Obama and Biden administrations for the downfall of the country’s coal industry. States such as West Virginia were left ...

Nearby, mining counties across Virginia’s slice of Appalachia were reeling after decades of job loss. Mr. Stacy and his friend Jim McGlothlin, both former coal magnates, seized on what they ...

In 1924, coal mining in America was at its peak, employing over 860,000 miners. Today, employment numbers are slightly over 40,000. Want more proof that the industry is on the decline? Just take a ...

BEIJING (AP) — Water rushed into a coal mine in northwestern China’s Gansu province, leaving three workers dead, official state news agency Xinhua reported Tuesday. There were 133 people ...

Plaintiff Harry Wiley, a West Virginia mine electrician who has worked in coal mines for 38 years, was diagnosed with early-stage black lung last November. Canceling the health surveillance progra ...